Honorable Scott Garrett
United States Representative, New Jersey, Republican
Representative Garrett, of the Fifth District of New Jersey, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. He served in the New Jersey Senate from 1990 to 2002. He sits on the Budget Committee and on the Financial Services Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises. The following is from the April 15, 2011, House floor debate on H. Con. Res. 34, establishing the budget for the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2013 through 2021. I rise in opposition to the Democrat…
